Sidney Norman Bernstein

Sidney Norman Bernstein (13 July 1911, in New York City – 30 January 1992, in New York City) was an American chess master.

He tied for 2nd-4th in Marshall Chess Club Championship at New York 1930/31 (Arthur Dake won),^[1] tied for 6-7th in New York State Chess Championship at Rome 1931 (Fred Reinfeld won).^[2] He played board two, behind Reuben Fine, on the victorious CCNY team in the 1931-32 Intercollegiate championships.^[3] He took 11th in the American Chess Federation Congress (U.S. Open Chess Championship) at Philadelphia 1936 (Israel Albert Horowitz won).

Bernstein was a participant in eight U.S. Chess Championship events (1936, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1961).

He played thrice in Ventnor City, as he shared 1st in 1940,^[4] tied for 5-7th (Jacob Levin won) in 1941,^[5] and tied for 3rd-6th (Daniel Yanofsky won) in 1942.^[6] He tied for 1st with Reinfeld in Manhattan Chess Club Championship at New York 1942,^[7] and took 8th in Manhattan CC in 1955 (Max Pavey won).^[8]^[9]

Top players that he scored wins against were Donald Byrne, multiple wins against Arnold Denker, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall, Edmar Mednis, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others.

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